Nov 18, 2024
Dr. Mette Ødegaard Nielsen (Unit for Complicated Schizophrenia, Glostrup, Denmark) joins Dr. Dixon and Dr. Berezin to discuss patient motivations and experiences of antipsychotic medication tapering at a clinic in Denmark.
- 01:02 Nielsen interview
- 02:22 Tapering medication
- 04:09 Controversies around tapering
- 07:07 Debilitating effects of side effects
- 09:09 The tension between medication and side effects for the clinician
- 12:47 Top line findings
- 15:28 Psychotic symptom relapse
- 17:38 Differences by medication
- 19:43 Expectations from patients
- 21:47 Shared decision making
- 24:44 Mixed expectations and reality
- 27:20 Relapse
- 29:50 Close contact between patients and clinic staff
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